Click to view as a larger image. Photo on the front of the postcard: UAF fisheries student Sean Rooney holds a Pacific sand lance (Ammodytes hexapterus) while doing field work near Homer, Alaska. The sand lance is an important forage food species for Alaska's seabirds, marine mammals and larger fish like salmon, cod and halibut. Photo by Sean Rooney.

SFOS News Postcard

Summer 2008

What's new at the UAF School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences?

New Bachelor of Arts in Fisheries and Fisheries Minor
Revised & updated Bachelor of Science in Fisheries

Our new undergraduate fisheries program emphasizes:

Experiential learning, including internships & research
New, improved facilities for distance learning
A focus on recruiting rural Alaskans and Alaska Natives
An emphasis on geographic availability: undergraduates can begin their B.A. degree at UAF, UAS or UAA and complete their last two years at UAF in Fairbanks or Juneau.

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For more information about the new Bachelor of Arts and revitalized Bachelor of Science in Fisheries, please visit www.sfos.uaf.edu/fisheries.